title: Ethmoidal mucocele presenting as oculomotor nerve paralysis.
abstract: A 56-year-old male was admitted with an acute headache and sudden ptosis on the right side. No ophthalmological or neurological etiologies were apparent. A mucocele of the right posterior ethmoid sinus was observed with radiology. After the marsupialization of the mucocele via a transnasal endoscopic approach, the patient's symptoms (oculomotor nerve paralysis and headache) resolved in 4 weeks. Oculomotor paralysis is a rare symptom of an ethmoidal mucocele. In this article, we report this rare case along with a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dae Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hee-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Sea-Yuong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Jin-Pyeong
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong-Ki
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Jung Je
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Dong Gu
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hur
keywords: Blepharoptosis; Mucocele; Oculomotor nerve